identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03B5876AC6545078FF47FAB6DAE7FDD7.text	03B5876AC6545078FF47FAB6DAE7FDD7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Adela paludicolella Zeller 1850	<div><p>Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850 (figs. 5, 6)</p><p>Material examined.   1♂, Italia, Toscana, Livorno, Portoferraio ( Elba island),  Montebello: 30.III.2021 (on  P. lentiscus), leg. Forbicioni L., prep. mic. 2080 GT, DNA barcode TMGV2080, GTRC ;  1♂, idem, without abdomen, GTRC;   2 ♀, Italia, Toscana, Livorno, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.309722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=42.328888" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.309722/lat 42.328888)">Montecristo island</a>, 42°19'44"N 10°18'35"E 400 m: 4. VI.2014 leg. Scalercio S., prep. mic. 2165 TG, SSRC  .  1♂, Italia, Sardegna, Nuoro, Libono 39.891164N 9.5639171E 400 m: 4. V.2022, leg. Melotti E., L. Morin det.: prep. mic. 2126 TG, RCLM .</p><p>Supplementary material:   1♂, Francia, Corsica,  Zonza (Corse-du-sud) le 12 avril 2012, leg. Varenne T.; 5 specimens,   Italia, Sardegna, Isola di Sant’Antioco,  Cala Usai, V.1974, F. Hartig leg., det. W. Sauter, GBRC  .</p><p>Redescription</p><p>Adult (n 5); head: white labial palps with white scales above, with long black hair-like scales below, head covering with long hair-like scales, 80% yellow, the rest black; antennae: black and white in the distal part, about twice the length of the forewing in male, in the female slightly longer than the forewings; thorax: metallic brown with bronze and golden reflections; legs: covering of scales metallic brown and white, tarsal formula 0-2-4; forewings: forewing length 4.2–5.7 mm, ground colour metallic brown with golden and violet reflections, white median band curved towards the distal end, a small white spot on the costa between the median band and the tip of the wing, dark brown fringes; hindwings: dark brown with violet reflections, brown fringes.</p><p>Genitalia ♂ (pl. I a, b, c); uncus rounded, broad, flat, small squared above; tegumen broad and well sclerotized; vinculum rounded and broad anteriorly; valves: subtriangular with curved and truncated distal end; transtilla sclerotized, median protrusion approximately ½ as long as the lateral protrusions, with anterior extension fork schaped; aedeagus whit base truncated slightly arched horned for ¼ of the length; juxta approximately ½ as long as the phallus with sagittate end with rounded apex.</p><p>Genitalia ♀ (pl. I d, e): ovipositor with acuminate end in lateral view, VII tergite and VII sternite slightly sclerotized, sub-triangular.</p><p>Biology: adults are in flight from March to June and are found on flowers of  Pistacia lentiscus and  Erica arborea .</p><p>Habitat: Mediterranean maquis.</p><p>Distribution: southern France including Corsica, Italy (Tuscany, Elba Island and Montecristo Island), Sardinia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B5876AC6545078FF47FAB6DAE7FDD7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Timossi, Giovanni;Huemer, Peter	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
03B5876AC6555076FF47FDF1DD9BFC4F.text	03B5876AC6555076FF47FDF1DD9BFC4F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Adela orientella Staudinger 1870	<div><p>Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (figs. 7, 8)</p><p>Adela orientella Staudinger 1870, n° 723, pl. III, fig. 6.</p><p>Adela getica Mann, 1871 .</p><p>Material examined.   1♂, Grecia, Kreta, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=24.655556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=35.137222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 24.655556/lat 35.137222)">Melampes</a> 1, 1 km NNE, 35°08'14"N 24°39'20"E, 275 m: 28.IV.2022, leg. Huemer P.: prep. mic. 2162 TG, RCPH ;  1♀, idem, DNA barcode TMLF Lep 34745: prep. mic. 2161TG, RCPH .</p><p>Supplementary material:   1 specimen, Grecia, Peloponneso, Arkadia,  Dara, 21.V.1977, D. Gianasso leg. det. W. Sauter, GBRC  .</p><p>Adult (n 3); head with dark labial palps with long black hair-like scales above and below, head covered with long black and yellow hair-like scales in variable percentages; black antennae with white distal tip, about twice the length of the forewings, in the female slightly longer than the forewings; brown thorax with bronze and golden reflections; legs covered with black and white scales, tarsal formula 0-2-4; forewing length 4.4–5.5 mm, brown background color with golden bronze and purple reflections, white median band orthogonal to the costa, straight, a small white spot on the costa between the median band and the tip of the wing, dark brown fringes; hindwings brown with purple reflections, brown fringes.</p><p>Genitalia ♂ (pl. I f, g, l); uncus extremity with double hump, broad and flat; tegumen well sclerotised; vinculum rounded and broad posteriorly; valves subtriangular, with rounded distal end; sclerotized transtilla with median protrusion, lateral arms approximately equal; aedeagus with truncated base, sinuous, with horns at the distal end for ¼ of the total length; juxta approximately ½ length of the aedeagus with a sagittate end pointed.</p><p>Genitalia ♀ (pl. I h, i): ovipositor with acuminate end in lateral view, bursa with signa, VII tergite and VII sternite slightly sclerotized sub-triangular.</p><p>Biology: adults are in flight in April and prefer white flowers of  Leucanthemum,  Bellis and  Anthemis (Bryner, 2020) .</p><p>Habitat: Mediterranean maquis.</p><p>Distribution: Greece incl. islands, Cyprus, Romania.</p><p>Diagnostic Characters:  Adela paludicolella is distinguished from  Adela orientella by the forewings, which have a white median band curved towards the end of the wing (fig. 3, 4, 5, 6), by the shape of the valves of the uncus and transtilla (pl. I a, b, f, l), and in the female by the absence of signa in the corpus bursa (pl. I d, h). Finally, both species clearly differ in the DNA barcodes (Fig. 11).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B5876AC6555076FF47FDF1DD9BFC4F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Timossi, Giovanni;Huemer, Peter	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
